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Psalm 56:8–9

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8Record my misery;

list my tears on your scrollda—

are they not in your record?b

9Then my enemies will turn backc

when I call for help.d

By this I will know that God is for me.e

Read in Logos
Psalm 56:8: You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

Footnotes

  1. dOr misery; / put my tears in your wineskin

Cross references

  1. aSee 2 Ki 20:5
  2. bIsa 4:3; Da 7:10; 12:1; Mal 3:16
  3. cPs 9:3
  4. dPs 102:2
  5. eSee Nu 14:8; See Dt 31:6; Ro 8:31

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You have kept count of my tossings;

put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will turn back

in the day when I call.

This I know, that God is for me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You yourself have recorded my wanderings.

Put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.

This I know: God is for me.

NLTNew Living Translation

You keep track of all my sorrows.

You have collected all my tears in your bottle.

You have recorded each one in your book.

My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.

This I know: God is on my side!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have kept count of my wanderings.

Put my tears in your bottle;

are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will turn back when I call.

This I know because God is for me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou tellest my wanderings:

Put thou my tears into thy bottle:

Are they not in thy book?

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:

This I know; for God is for me.